Must be TrueDiff: Hardest
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Squirrel monkeys will die out unless humans help them, but they'll be fine if we save enough of the specific forests where their favorite snacks grow.
Reasoning: Conservation is a necessary condition for squirrel monkey survival, and preserving second-growth forest is a sufficient condition for their survival.
Analysis: This stimulus provides a set of conditional relationships. We are told: Survival requires Conservation (If Survival -> Conservation). We are also told: Forest Preservation leads to Survival (If Forest -> Survival). By transitive logic, if we preserve the forest, the monkeys survive, and if they survive, conservation must have occurred. Therefore, preserving the forest is a form of conservation. Look for an inference that combines these logical links without overstepping the bounds of the provided facts.
Reasoning: Conservation is a necessary condition for squirrel monkey survival, and preserving second-growth forest is a sufficient condition for their survival.
Analysis: This stimulus provides a set of conditional relationships. We are told: Survival requires Conservation (If Survival -> Conservation). We are also told: Forest Preservation leads to Survival (If Forest -> Survival). By transitive logic, if we preserve the forest, the monkeys survive, and if they survive, conservation must have occurred. Therefore, preserving the forest is a form of conservation. Look for an inference that combines these logical links without overstepping the bounds of the provided facts.
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Unlock Full Passage23.Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the ecologist's statements?
Correct Answer
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From Preserve -> ¬Extinct, we get Extinct -> ¬Preserve. Combined with ¬Intervention -> Extinct, we conclude ¬Intervention -> ¬Preserve. So if there’s no intervention, large tracts of second-growth forest will not be preserved for squirrel monkeys.
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